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Paris Is Burning

Summary: A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

Genre: Documentary

Director: Jennie Livingston

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: R

Production: Art Matters Inc., BBC Television, Edelman Family Fund, Miramax, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Off White Productions Inc., Prestige, The Jerome Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Paul Robeson Fund, WNYC-TV

Distributor: Off White Productions Inc., Janus Films

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Domestic: $ 3,905,297

International: $ 709

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Budget:$500KDomestic:$3.9MInternational:$709Worldwide:$3.9M

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(Paramount Global subsidiary)

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17% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

38% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White61.54%Black38.46%

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gay, homosexual, gay african american, homosexuality, lgbt

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transgender, queer, gender transition, transgender woman, cross dressing, gender reassignment, gender reassignment surgery, queer cinema

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Paris Is Burning, 1990 - ★★★½

"Opulence! You own everything. Everything is yours."

A fascinating and educational documentary with great cinematography. Fascinating how far individual rights have come in this country in the last...

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Feb 20th 2020

Michael and Taylor

#AntiWoke #Centrist

PARIS IS BURNING

Content: -4 Intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and/or worldview problems. (To be avoided)

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What You Need To Know:Sordid and evil best describe...

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Aug 17th 2012

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Dec 27th 2018

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